Category: Senior School News

21st March 2024

The award-winning author Ele Fountain visited us today to meet Upper Two to Fourth Form pupils. As well as being another chance to celebrate reading, Ele’s books explore themes and…

21st March 2024

Congratulations to Lewis in Middle Fifth who raced in the two-counties swim meet in Plymouth on Saturday and Sunday. He swam really well, coming home with six gold and two…

20th March 2024

Thursday saw the annual Crossing Club Mock Trial take place in the Drama studio at lunchtime. This annual event provides pupils the opportunity to practice their legal debate techniques and…

15th March 2024

The U12 boys’ travelled to Millfield on Thursday to represent Devon (and the school) at the West finals. They continued their excellent form eventually finishing runners up to the hosts….

15th March 2024

On Friday 8 March, seven members of the charity committee visited Vranch House, a school for children with special needs. Through our collaboration with the Wooden Spoon charity in the…

15th March 2024

Cross country It has been a busy two weeks in the cross-country calendar and Middle Fifth pupil Rory continues to excel on the national stage. Last week he competed for…

15th March 2024

The art department regularly recognises the achievements of individual pupils in the senior school through the award of the title, ‘Artist of the Moment’. Entries cover a wide range of…

13th March 2024

On Friday 8th March, the RAF section of the CCF travelled to Woodbury Common for our annual night expedition, the infamous ‘nitex’! The whole section, with almost 100 pupils from…

11th March 2024

Friday was #techognition day and at lunchtime, technicians from Art, Design and Technology and Science all came together to provide hands-on, practical activities, giving pupils from all year groups an…

8th March 2024

Some of our house groups were lucky to meet Alice, a guide dog who was in school today with her carer, Suzanne who is registered blind herself. Suzanne and Diana…